Aug 7, 2006 | Internet, web_services
Are you reading blogs? Are you contributing to one? Time to get busy, according to this report on the state of the blogosphere. Technorati is currently tracking 50 million weblogs. Since it began tracking three years ago, the number of weblogs has doubled every six...
Jul 28, 2006 | software, web_services
Remember when screensavers were cool? If you’re an old-timer, you just thought of flying toasters.This article describes an intriguing screensaver project. The “Electric Sheep” project distributes art for a screensaver running on computers around the...
Jul 12, 2006 | Microsoft, OneCare, web_services
Microsoft is attempting to streamline its centralized authentication system – a combination of e-mail address and password that controls signon to Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live OneCare, and other Microsoft services. The system was introduced years ago as...
Jul 12, 2006 | file_sharing, Microsoft, software, web_services
On Thursday, Microsoft and Yahoo will begin testing a link between their instant messaging programs, fulfilling a promise made nine months ago.Windows Live Messenger is a nice product, and the “sharing folders” are implemented so smoothly that small...
Jul 4, 2006 | computers, file_sharing, web_services
Here’s an article that might describe the future of computing. Or not, but that’s the fun of trying to guess what lies ahead.The article imagines a rich suite of programs that can run in a browser and access files stored on a central server, regardless of...
Jul 1, 2006 | business, Google, web_services
Business Week has an article about Google’s nonsearch products. According to the article, 99% of Google’s revenue comes from its small text ads on search pages and so far none of Google’s other products are changing that equation.In the last couple...
